help on a few writing problems

<p>these are a few sentence corrections that i have questions about</p>

<li><p>Tell me where you have been and (an account of) your activities there.
a. an account of
b. your accounting of
c. what you account of
d. what account you made of
e. give me an account of</p></li>
<li><p>Recent studies indicate that eating chocolate and other sweets (neither cause or aggravate) acne.
a. neither cause or aggravate
b. neither cause nor aggravate
c. neither causes nor aggravates
d. do not cause or aggravate
e. does not cause nor aggravates</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Thanks, it would also be appreciated if there was an explanation for your answer</p>

<p>I think that number one is E, and number two is C</p>

<p>I can't really give an explanation for the first one, because I can't really point out any specific reason i like E, but for number two:</p>

<p>when speaking in the negative, you must use "neither...nor" or "Do not...or". The verb "eating" is singular, and thus you have to use the only singular option "neither causes nor aggravates"</p>

<p>thanks , yea those were the same answers that i thought as well</p>

<p>i have a few more questions </p>

<ol>
<li><p>Reading stories aloud to young students is an effective way to help them learn new(words, also it can spark their interest in studying) literature.
a. words, also it can spark their interest in studying
b. words, and it can spark their interest in studying
c. words that can also spark in them the interest to study
d. words, as well as it could spark their interest in the study of
e. words, which it also could spark their interest in studying</p></li>
<li><p>Those enrolled in the leadership training courses have evolved into dynamic, confident managers (from an inexperienced and uncertain newcomer) just a month ago.
a. from an inexperienced and uncertain newcomer
b. from the inexperienced and uncertain newcomers they were
c. from being inexperienced and uncertain newcomers
d. instead of the inexperienced and uncertain newcomers of
e. after being an inexperienced and uncertain newcomer</p></li>
</ol>

<p>thanks</p>

<p>It's E on the first one because of the parallelism, hence the tell me.... so it has to me give me...</p>

<ol>
<li><p>B is the correct answer. Process of Elimination:
A - comma splice error.
C - ambiguous modifier. "that" here cannot modify "words", given the meaning of the sentence.
D - inconsistency in tense usage. "can"...."could"
E - inconsistency in tense usage, AND word redundancy - "which it"</p></li>
<li><p>With similar reasoning as in 1., I figure out B best fits. This is the most straightforward of all the five expressions.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>1e also involves idiom: you don't "tell an account" of something, you give an account.</p>